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Data protection: SC asks WhatsApp to publicise undertaking given to Centre
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice KM Joseph asked WhatsApp to give advertisement in five newspapers to publicise its undertaking given to the government.
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Centre wants to restructure judges' collegium system; Union Law Minister w
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said that the SC Constitution Bench had directed to restructure the memorandum of procedure (MoP) of the collegium system.
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Bhopal gas tragedy: SC reserves verdict on Centre's curative plea for addi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul heard the parties in the case and reserved the judgement.
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Who will control services, Delhi govt or Centre? SC says balance has to be
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it would have to find a balance and decide whether the control over services in Delhi should be with the Centre or the Delhi government or a median has to be found.
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SC rules against imposition of additional restrictions on freedom of speec
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A five-judge Constitution bench of Justices S Abdul Nazeer, BR Gavai, AS Bopanna, V Ramasubramanian and BV Nagarathna, said that no additional restrictions, other than those prescribed under Article 19(2) of the Constitution, can be imposed on a citizen under the right to freedom of speech a
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'SC did not say anything on consequences of demonetisation': Cong
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Responding to the judgment by a Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Monday, upholding the Centre's decision in 2016 to demonetise high-value currency notes of denominations of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 through a 4:1 majority verdict, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said it would be wrong
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SC holds demonetisation valid, says "can't be set aside because it caused
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A five-judge Constitution bench held that merely because some citizens suffered hardships due to demonetisation, it was not reason enough to hold the exercise illegal.
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SC did not say demonetisation was right: CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday reacted to the decision of the Supreme Court's Constitution bench on demonetisation and said that the Court has not declared the decision 'right'.
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SC: Trial against public servant for corruption can not be abated if compl
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday made it clear that the trial does not abate and neither does it result in order of acquittal of the accused public servant if the complainant turns 'hostile' or has died or is unavailable to let in his evidence during proceedings.
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SC to hear pleas on Electoral Bonds scheme in January last week
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday posted for hearing the pleas challenging the government's Electoral Bond scheme allowing anonymous funding to political parties in the last week of January.
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Public servants can be convicted in corruption case on circumstantial evid
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court's Constitution bench on Thursday held that direct evidence of demand of bribe by public servants is not necessary to convict them under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act and it can also be proved through circumstantial evidence when there is no direct evidence against t
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RBI, Centre informs SC that procedure was followed in 2016's demonetisatio
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Appearing for Centre, Attorney General R Venkatramani and representing RBI, senior advocate Jaideep Gupta has defended the Centre's demonetisation decision before a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court.
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